Hulin is a city on the Muling River

Muling River

Muling or Muren is a river in Northeast China, a left tributary of Ussuri River.Its length is 577 km long, basin area is approximately 18,500 km². Jixi and Hulin are located on Muling River....

 in southeastern Heilongjiang

Heilongjiang

For the river known in Mandarin as Heilong Jiang, see Amur River' is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. "Heilongjiang" literally means Black Dragon River, which is the Chinese name for the Amur. The one-character abbreviation is 黑...

 province, Northeast China

Northeast China

Northeast China, historically known in English as Manchuria, is a geographical region of China, consisting of the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. The region is sometimes called the Three Northeast Provinces...

. With a population of around 200,000, it is under the administration of Jixi

Jixi

Jixi is a city in eastern Heilongjiang Province in the People's Republic of China. At the 2010 census, 1,862,161 people resided within its administrative area of 22,351 square kilometers and 757,647 in its built up area made of 4 out of 6 urban districts...

. Nearby are Khanka Lake

Khanka Lake

Khanka Lake , is a transboundary freshwater body located on the border between Primorsky Krai, Russia and Heilongjiang province, Northeast China . At its closest point, it is situated east of the city of Jixi, Heilongjiang...

, 51 kilometres (31.7 mi) to the southwest, the Usuri River, which forms the Russian border 38 kilometres (23.6 mi) to the east. The main agricultural products include soybeans, cattle, milk, various organic produces, and lumber.

Geography and climate

Hulin has a monsoon

Monsoon

Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea...

-influenced humid continental climate

Humid continental climate

A humid continental climate is a climatic region typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot summers and cold winters....

 (Köppen

Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Crimea German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936...

Dwb), with long, bitterly cold, but dry winters, and warm, humid summers. Highs range from −13.2 °C in January to 26.4 °C (80 °F) in July, and more than 2/3 of the year's precipitation occurs from June to September.